BGuthrie Photos: MO -- St. Louis -- St. Louis Zoo -- Buildings

MO -- St. Louis -- St. Louis Zoo -- Buildings:

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1. SLZOOB_081010_077.JPG: The Herpetarium was built for $195,000 in 1927. It was the second of three Zoo buildings designed in the Mediterranean style by architect John E. Wallace. Wallace graced the Herpetarium with beautiful architectural details, many of which he sculpted himself.
2. SLZOOB_081010_180.JPG: The 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage, one of the few structures remaining from the World's Fair. The 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage was built by the Smithsonian Institution for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis -- the 1904 World's Fair. At that time, it was the largest bird cage ever built, and it proved to be one of the most popular exhibits at the festival. The Flight Cage served as the centerpiece for the creation of the Saint Louis Zoo in 1913. Over the years, the aviary has been home to a number of bird species, many of them exotic. Today it provides habitat for native birds -- those found in the swamps of Missouri. Following the Fair, the Smithsonian planned to move the Flight cage to the National Zoo in Washington, DC. But the citizens of St. Louis rallied to keep the structure in Forest Park -- and were clearly successful.
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Wikipedia Description: Saint Louis Zoological Park
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The Saint Louis Zoological Park is a zoo in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. It is recognized as a leading zoo in animal management, research, conservation, and education. Admission is free, although there are fees for some attractions. One special feature is the Zooline Railroad, a small passenger train that encircles the zoo, stopping at the more popular attractions.

History:

The 1904 St. Louis World's Fair is credited for the birth of the St. Louis Zoo. The Fair brought the world's attention to St. Louis and Forest Park. The Smithsonian Institution constructed a walk-through bird cage for the World's Fair. Ten days after the World's Fair closed, the citizens of St. Louis chose to buy the 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage for $3,500, rather than have it dismantled and returned to Washington, D.C. The St. Louis Zoo was born.

By 1910, increased interest in a zoological park brought together some concerned citizens, and they organized the Zoological Society of St. Louis. In 1914 it was incorporated as an independent civic organization of people interested in a zoo.

Meanwhile, the citizens of St. Louis and surrounding municipalities expressed their diverse opinions as to the location of a zoo if there should be one. Fairgrounds Park, Carondolet Park, the Creve Coeur area and Tower Grove Park were some of the places suggested in newspaper articles and letters to the editors and to civic groups. Some concerned citizens residing near Oakland Avenue, south of Forest Park, expressed their displeasure with a zoo in the park because of the smell of the animals. Even the head of the Parks Department, Dwight Davis, voiced his opinion against Forest Park--that is, until the city set aside 77 acres in the park in which to establish a zoological park. A five-man board was appointed to act as the Zoological Board of Control.

The number increased to nine in 1916, the same year the citizens voted to tax themselves for the construction of the Saint Louis Zoo with a 1/5 mill tax. It is said that this was the first zoo in the world which the citizens of a community supported by passing a mill tax.

In 1939 the zoo became the home to two giant pandas. Their names where Happy and Pao Pei. Sadly Happy died in 1945 and Pao Pei in 1954.

The zoo has featured prominent international animal experts as directors: George P. Vierheller (1922-1962), R. Marlin Perkins (1962-1970), who gained fame for the Zoo as host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom, William J. Hoff (1970-1973), Robert T. Briggs (1973-1975), Richard D. Schultz (1975-1982), Charles H. Hoessle (1982-2002), and Dr. Jeffrey P. Bonner (2002--present). ...
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2008 photos: Trips this year: (1) Civil War Preservation Trust annual conference in Springfield, Missouri , (2) a week in New York, (3) a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con, (4) a driving trip to St. Louis, and (5) a visit to dad and Dixie's in Asheville, North Carolina. Ego strokes: A picture I'd taken last year during a Friends of the Homeless event was published in USA Today with a photo credit and everything! I became a volunteer photographer with the AFI/Silver theater. Equipment this year: I was using three cameras -- the Fuji S9000 and the Canon Rebel Xti from last year, and a new camera, the Fuji S100fs. The first two cameras had their pluses and minuses and I really didn't have a single camera that I thought I could use for just about everything. But I loved the S100fs and used it almost exclusively this year. Number of photos taken this year: 330,000.
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